Door attachment.



C. F. HERBOLSHEIMER.

DOOR ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-7.19M.

Patented Sept. 25, 1917.

v INVENTOR. CHARLES F. H ERBOLSHEEMER A TORNEYS.

WITNESSES CHARLES F. HERBOLSHEIMER, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

noon ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Sept. 25, mm.

Application filed. September 7, 1915. Serial No. 49,188.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHAnLns F. I"IERBOLS- IIEIMER, a citizen of theUnited States, and

a resident of the city and county of Denver, State of Colorado, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Door Attachments, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which the invention appertainsto make and use the Another object of the invention is to provide adevice of this character which may be employed as a shade, or awning forthe door/ Another object of the invention is to pro vide a device ofthis character which may be attached to any door, and which is efficientin operation and effective in purpose.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich may be attached to the door in such a position that it will notinterfere with the opening and closing of the door, or the entrance andexit of persons.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangements of parts,as will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawing.

In this drawing, Figure 1 is an elevation view of a door showing theinvention attached thereto; Fig. 2 is an edge view of the door casing,showing the invention applied thereto; Fig, 3 is a plan view of theframe over which the fabric is secured; Fig. 4 is a sectional View,taken on the line H, Fig. 1, showing the device in the dropped position;and Fig. 5 is a sectional View taken on the line 44, Fig. 1, showing thedevice in the raised position.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawingby the same reference characters.

Let the numeral 5 represent a the casing of a door, and the numeral 6 ascreen door hinged to said casing, as shown at 7. It will be understoodthat the door may be hinged at either edge with equal advantage andwithout changes in the invention. The numeral 7 designates a fan in itsentirety. This fan consists of a frame 8, formed of a metal bar 9, bentat its extremities at right angles to form arms 10 and 12. The outerextremities of these arms are curved around a con necting bar 13, asshown at 1-1. The metal bar 9 is journaled in brackets 15, secured tothe door casing 5 above the door 6, whereby the frame 8 will swing insaid brackets, as will be later more fully explained. A member 16 isvertically secured to the upper part of the casing 55, intermediate thebrackets 15, and carries a leaf spring 17, which is secured at its upperextremity to said member 16, as shown at 18, the lower extremity of saidleaf spring being free. This leaf spring 17 operates between laterallyextended wings 19, whereby the said spring is shielded against becomingentangled in the fabric of the fan 7. An operating lever, or finger 20is fixedly secured to the bar 9, the said finger occupying a positionextended downwardly at an angle to the horizontal plane when the door 6is in the closed position. Transverse bars 21 and 22 connect the bars 9and 13, the said transverse bars 21 and being spaced apart, and betweenwhich, the finger 20 is arranged, or secured to the bar 9. The top ofthe door 6 is provided with a metal protecting strip 23,

" which engages with the bars 21 and 22 when the door is opened, therebyraising the frame 8 and causing the finger 20 to engage with the spring17. As soon as this finger has reached a point past center, the spring17 acts on the said finger to suddenly throw the frame 8 to its completeelevated position, as represented in Fig. 5, whereby the spring 17 thenengages the finger 20, as shown in Fig. 5, to retain the frame 8 in itsraised position. A bow-shaped member 24- is curved around the rod 9, onopposite sides of the finger 20, thereby forming a fulcrum of saidbowshaped member 24 on said rod 9. This bow shaped member 24 forms aloop 25 on one side of the rod 9 and two fingers 26 on the other side ofthe said rod. Now, when the door is opened and the frame 8 raised, thefinger 20 is caused to engage with the loop 25 in front of the latter,while the fingers 26 are moved outwardly, as shown in Fig. 5,

and occupy positions in the path of the door when the latter is beingclosed. Of course, the door 6 is spring actuated and is moved to itsclosed position under the influence of the said springs as soon asreleased. During the closing movement of the door, the wear strip 23 ofthe door engages with said finger, whereby the bow-shaped member 24: ismoved 011 its fulcrum, and the loop 25 engaging with the finger 20,releases the latter from engagement with the spring 17 and permits theframe 8 to drop by gravity to itslowered position, as represented inFig. 4. The wear strip .13 is curved over the inner edge of the door, asshown at 2?, whereby the door is fully protected from wear incident toengagement of the latter with the fingers 26. A sheet of fabric material'28 is stretched over the frame 8, the said fabric having wings 29depending from the frame 8 on opposite sides of the door 6. v

The operation of the fan 7, during the opening and closing of the doorwill serve to drive theflies and other insects away and prevent themfrom entering the room, as will be clearly understood from theconstructi on described.

The fan 7 may also be employed as an awning, and to this end, a rod 30is pivoted at one extremity to the bar 13, as shown at 31, and at itsother extremity to the up per extremity of an operating bar 32, as shownat 33. This operating bar 32 is slidably mounted in brackets 34. Thus,by moving the bar 32 upwardly in said bra ckets, the fan 7 through themedium of the connecting rod 30, which serves as a support to sustainthe fanin its raised position, the bar 32' being locked against movingdown by any well known means. Of course, when the fan 7 is employed asan awning, the same will occupy aposition intermediate the path of itsfull swing, and in which position, the fan will slant downwardly,resembling a roof. Also, in such position, the opening and closing ofthe door will not displace the fan, due to the angle in the fingers 26,as shown at 35, whereby the fingers are permitted to rest on top of thedoor when the latter is closed and do not form an obstruction to theclosing of the door.

IVhile I have described and illustrated Gopies of this patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner ofPatents,

will be manually raised herein, a specific form of my invention, it

is understood that the same may be modified and varied without de artingfrom the spirit of the invention, or the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

l. A door attachment, comprising a frame pivoted to the door casingabove the door, a. spring vertically disposed on said door casing, afinger attached to said frame, said frame adapted to be engaged by thedoor during the opening movement of the latter for raising said frame,the said finger adapted to be engaged by said spring when the said frameis in its raised position for holding said frame in such position, and amember fulcrumed on said frame and adapted to be engaged during theclosing move ment of the door for actuating said frame to its downposition.

2. A door attachment, comprising a frame pivoted to the door casingabove the door, a leaf spring secured to said door'casing above the doorat right angles to the axis of the said frame, a finger secured to saidframe, said spring being disposed in the path of said finger,,the= saidframe adapted to be engaged b" said door when the latter is opened forraising said frame and cansing said finger to engage with said spring,said spring acting on said finger to suddenly throw said frame to itscompletely raisedposition and to sustain same in its raised position, amember fulcrumed on said frame and having a part adapted to engage saidfinger on the rear side thereof and another part adapted'to be disposedin the path of the closing movement of the door and engageable by thedoor while the latter is being closed for releasing said finger fromengagement with said spring, and a fabric secured to said frame andhaving parts depending from the opposite extremities of said frame. 1

In testimony whereof, I afiix my. signa Witnesses:

PAULINE L. POWELL, J NO. G. POWELL.

Washington, D. G.

